Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

colugo

/kəˈluːɡoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: colu-go
IPA: /kəˈluːɡoʊ/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An arboreal gliding mammal of the family Cynocephalidae of the order Dermoptera, native to Southeast Asia.

Example Sentences

"Colugos, our closest living non-primate relatives, are able to glide as much as 150 metres (more than 490 feet) between trees."

Etymology

Unknown, possibly from a Malayo-Polynesian language.

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

colugos (plural)

Synonyms

cynocephalid flying lemur flying cat

Questions

How do you pronounce colugo?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈluːɡoʊ/.
What does colugo mean?: An arboreal gliding mammal of the family Cynocephalidae of the order Dermoptera, native to Southeast Asia.
Where does colugo come from?: Unknown, possibly from a Malayo-Polynesian language.

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